Steve Ballmer, who stepped down as Microsoft Corp.’s chief executive officer after failing to prepare the software maker for the era of mobile and cloud- computing, has resigned as director at the company.

Ballmer, once of Microsoft’s top individual shareholders, had originally kept his board seat after handing over the top job to one of his deputies, Satya Nadella, in February. Ballmer bought the Los Angeles Clippers for $2 billion and appeared in front of the team and fans yesterday.

The former CEO’s departure ends a more than a 30-year association with the world’s largest software company, which he led between 2000 and February 2014. Under his watch, Microsoft continued to power ahead as the chief provider of personal- computer software, but failed to aggressively push into the mobile and Web markets.

Ballmer’s exit is the latest change to Microsoft’s board. Last month, Microsoft named longtime wireless executive John Stanton to the board. In March, board member Steve Luczo stepped down and in February, co-founder Bill Gates stepped aside as chairman to be replaced by lead independent director John Thompson. The board also added activist investor Mason Morfit of ValueAct Holdings LP to its ranks this year.

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